Alaska Unit 20A:caribou draw odds & harvest
2 hunt codes for caribou. 2025: 13 to 149 tags, 2,353 to 15,550 applicants per hunt.
Alaska · Unit 20A
Unit 20ANeighbor units
At a glance
Caribou hunt codes
2
Drawing permit hunt
Tags · 2025
162
across 2 hunts
Applicants · 2025
17,903
111 per tag
Harvest success 3-yr
53–59%
Compare species at a glance
Hunt codes
- Moose53
Best draw odds
- Moose100% drew
- Dall sheep6% drew
- Caribou1% drew
Harvest success, 3 yr
- Moose26–28%
- Dall sheep24–33%
- Caribou53–59%
Hardest draw in Unit 20A2025 draw
DC82613 tags, 2,353 applied, 1% drew.
One of Alaska's hardest caribou draws: 2nd hardest of 12 in 2025.
Hunt codes
Caribou huntsin Unit 20A
Whole-hunt draw results: applicants, tags and the share that drew.
| Hunt code | What it is | Draw result · 2025 | Tags | Success 3-yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DC826 | 20A, Central Alaska | 1% drew of 2,353 | 13 | 50% |
| DC827 | drawing permit hunt · Aug 10–Sep 2020A, Central Alaska | 1% drew of 15,550 | 149 | 49–61% |
Some hunt codes cover several units; the hunt page lists them all.
Harvest
How hunters didin Unit 20A.
Harvest success by hunt, 2019–2025
% successAll hunters50–70%
70%
50%
65%
66%
59%
56%
53%
2019202020212022202320242025
DC82749–71%
71%
58%
67%
69%
61%
57%
49%
2019202020212022202320242025
DC82650%
50%
2025
45%+28–45%Under 28%
Before you apply
- Application fee
- “For black bear, brown bear, caribou, elk, moose, mountain goat, and Dall sheep hunts, the fee is $5.”
- Deadline
- “Group coordinators may apply beginning Oct. 1 and ending Dec. 15, 2026 at 5 p.m.”
- Tag fee
- “Caribou.......................................$650”
- Points
- “A computer then randomly assigns a “draw number” to each hunt on each valid application.”
Rules for 2027.
Map & access
Unit 20Aand the units around it
Neighbors with a FarWide page open on click.
Public land & access
Each program opens on the state's site. Check on-the-ground signage.
Offline maps
Take Unit 20Ainto your map app
Opens in onX, Gaia GPS, CalTopo, Google Earth, and Garmin. Works offline in those apps.
Members
Unit 20A hunt pack
One file, layered: the unit boundary, with each caribou hunt's draw odds and harvest success attached to the unit.
- Unit boundary
- Draw odds per hunt
- Harvest success per hunt
Unit 20A · DC826
1% drew of 2,353
Success50%
Ask FarWide
Answers use the same figures as this page.
Source: ADF&G